Do I still need multiple vaults with 1Password Families?
I was excited to hear about the Families version because I assumed you could set up specific entry access restrictions for each user within the same vault, or at least allow multiple vaults to appear in a single view. Based on what I've discovered so far, that does not appear to be true. It looks like you still need to set up multiple vaults and switch between them if you want different family members to only have access to certain entries. Is this true? If so, is there a way I can combine multiple vaults into a single view? This seems like something that would be a very valuable feature if it doesn't already exist. Thanks for your clarification on this point.
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@CTYJIM: Indeed, we added the All Vaults view in 1Password for Mac and iOS earlier this year, and the 1Password for Families web interface supports this as well:
Vaults in 1Password, as always, are completely discrete however. They're each encrypted separately so data cannot be shared between them. If you want data shared between them, that seems like a bad thing, but in most cases we don't want our data to cross those boundaries — say, from a personal vault to a shared one. :scream:
So with 1Password for Families, each member has their own Personal vault (which only they can access) and access to the Shared vault for the whole Family, with the option to create other vaults to use alone, with the rest of the Family, or only specific Family members.
I hope this helps. Be sure to let us know if you have any other questions! :)
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Brenty, thanks for this comment. My wife and I each have our licensed copies of 1Password and have our own private vaults as well as a shared vault between the two of us. Due to the passing of my father-in-law, we are considering upgrading to 1Password for families and adding my mother-in-law as one of the authorized users. I believe my use case needs can be described below.
Each of the three of us would have our own private vault. I would create a second shared vault with my wife (she and I currently share only our items together under the separate license model). Finally, my wife and my mother-in-law would have a third shared vault where they can share only items between themselves (without my seeing their vault.) When our two young kids become of age where they can extract the value of password management, we can add them as authorized users.
Would 1Password for families address my use case? If I was the original person that set up the 1Password for families account, I wanted to make sure I was not required to be in all shared vaults; that is, other authorized users in the families account could firewall off their own shared vaults without the original person that created (and is paying for) the 1Password for families subscription having access.
Thanks again for making a great product!
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@jfannin: Yes! That's exactly what 1Password Families is for. It even sounds like you have exactly 5 people there who'd use it, which fits perfectly as well. Of course you can add more later if needed, but 5 family members are included with the base subscription. :chuffed:
As I mentioned above, everyone will get their own Personal vault by default, and then you can create additional vaults if you want to share only with specific family members. And another thing to consider is that you can add Guests as well (2 are included with the subscription) who will only have access to a single vault you share with them. That may be a good starting point for your kids when the time comes.
I hope this helps. Thanks so much for your kind words and support. Be sure to let me know if you have any other questions! :)
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